Richard Starkie made the trip to Shrewsbury to tackle the half marathon and came away with a time of 1:55;23 in hot conditions and finishing 525th
This is a BS 4.2 mile race with 750 ft of ascent. It was won by Shaun Godsman of CVFR in 27:42.
Richard Treitl was 62nd in 43:47
92 finishers
This race goes through the heart of Burnley, taking in three of the town’s parks; Rowley Park, Towneley Park and Thompson Park.
This year it provided another race win for Matt Lalor as he stormed to victory in his hometown. His time of 34mins was enough to win the race 1min 12secs from Chris Holdsworth from Clayton. Andrew Carson also had a cracking run coming home 14th in a time of 37.56mins. John Boothman was next home after his race at Buckden yesterday he ran a creditable 45.16.
Alison Sugden had a good run finishing in a time of 55mins to round up the Barlick runners.
1 Matt Lalor 34:00
14 Andrew Carson 37:56
152 John Boothman 45:16
547 Alison Sugden 55:00
13 Andrew CHEW 20:15
71 Daniel CHEW 26:10
44 Helen STEAD 30:51
46 Abi PARK 30:55
8 Pete BERESFORD 22:02
This was one of the first races that Des Walkden took part in, two years ago. Although he was suffering from 'Hendon Brook' legs, he still managed to improve his time by over four minutes.
17 Des Walkden 46:48
43 finishers
The race winner was Mark McGoldrick in 48:42
20 Peter Beresford 1:04:05
40 Lucy Beresford 1:19:36
The legend that is Jean Rawlinson was out racing again in this race at Todmorden. She finished 49th overall, 3rd lady and 1st vet 60.
There were 61 finishers.
Ted Mason has won most of the races in the Wharfedale valley and although he has been second on several occasions, first place in this race has proved to be very elusive. It was therefore nice to see Ted entering the finish funnel first at last. He was pushed hard by Sam Watson, who is also gaining a reputation for being second in this race, but Ted is one of the best descenders on the fell, bar none and this is where he had the edge over Sam. These two had opened up a bit of a gap on Nigel Wood of Coniston who was the third place runner, who finished just ahead of Neal Crampton of Torq Trail Running. Neil is a very good ascender and he showed this again today by being first to the summit.
In the ladies race, Aly Raw of Bingley showed that despite being a Vet 50 runner, she is still a force to be reckoned with, and she took first place. She finished ahead of Lorraine Slater of Barlick Fell Runners. The third lady was Rachel Lowther, also of Barlick Fell Runners.
Hopefully a full album of race pictures will be available tomorrow.
Full Results
Posted 4:45 pm 21/6/14
18 Richard Lowther 14:39
This race is 9.4 miles with 2379 fit of ascent. The race was won by Jaz Brown of Buckley Runners in 1:14:31
36 Richard Treitl 2:08:46
41 finishers
It was a real battle at the front of this race between Jimmy Craig and Marc Hartley. These two built up a large early lead over the rest of the field and then Marc gradually started to pull away from Jimmy. As the race progressed, the chasing pack, led by Jonny McKenna, started to close the gap and at the end, he was just over 20 seconds behind Jimmy.
1 Marc Hartley 1:23:17 City of Stoke AC
2 Jimmy Craig 1:24:43
23 Andy Berry 1:37:57
26 Rob Weir 1:38:28
31 James Tingle 1:41:06
43 Derek Walkden 1:45:46
52 Chris Smedley 1:49:20
74 Michael Alexander 1:58:33
76 Richard Starkie 1:58:53
97 Jean Rawlinson 2:07:47 (1st F60)
104 Emma Bailey 2:11:50
110 Jennifer Hird 2:16:14
The overall winner was Dave Kirkham of Wharfedale who cruised to victory in 40:56.
8 Andrew Driver 44:30
25 Pete Beresford 50:11
32 Dave Halliday 52:16
35 Rachel Lowther 53:47 (First Woman)
38 Craig Child 54:08
The main aims of the club are to increase the participation of running in Barnoldswick and to keep organised running as accessible as possible.